Wounded Eight Times Returns From France
Abilene Texas April 15 Charley F Graham of this county has returned from France where he distinguished himself with the marines He was wounded eight times and saw service in nearly all the big battles Graham is 19 years old He landed in France one day ahead of General Pershing Seven wounds were received at one time six bullets in one leg and another in the other
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Abilene
Texas
Charley F. Graham
France
Graham
Pershing
Fifty-Three Sentenced for Violating Prohibition Law
In Beaumont Texas on April 15 fifty three men pled guilty to Reed prohibition amendment violations before Judge Whitfield Jack. They received sentences varying from nominal fines and no jail to up to $1000 and six months imprisonment.
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Beaumont
Texas
Whitfield Jack
United States District Court
Medals Made From German Cannon For Victory Liberty Loan Workers
The statement declares medals forged from captured German cannon will be awarded to every worker in the Victory Liberty Loan campaign. It likens the honor to the Distinguished Service Cross for soldiers, emphasizing appreciation of home-front effort in support of the war.
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Liberty Loan
Whitewright Warehouse Stockholders Offer Cashing Stock
Stockholders in the Whitewright Warehouse Company may now cash their stock. Directors pay seventy percent from insurance money after the warehouse fire. Take your stock to W. H. King at the First National Bank to receive a check.
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Whitewright Warehouse Company
W. H. King
First National Bank
German Helmet Prize For Liberty Loan Workers
About 3,000 helmets are allotted for distribution in the district to Liberty Loan workers by county chairmen as trophies for patriotic service in the war effort.
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Bona Fide Victory Loan
Liberty Loan
Tanks Visit District in War Bond Tour
Twenty armored tanks will tour the District, crewed by boys who served in France known as the Treat em Rough boys. The exhibit includes fully armed tanks and live firing, with speakers explaining the cost of wartime loans. Victory Liberty Loan County Chairman leads the tour.
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France
Liberty Loan County
Price of Peace film aids Victory Liberty Loan drive
The film The Price of Peace is a 5000 foot documentary depicting the Chateau Thierry battle and the American Army in Germany. It includes a photographer killed during production and a German aircraft destroyed in flight. It will be shown without admission charge in theatres during the Loan campaign.
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Chateau Thierry
Germany
Watch the Skies Aeroplane Visits Planned in Victory Drive
The message invites the public to see planes and talk with pilots as arrangements are made to bring aircraft to most Eleventh District towns during the Victory Liberty Loan drive. It highlights the plane as the eyes of the Army in winning the war.
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Charles R. Truett
Eastman Kodaks
Watchmaker
Dyer & Jones
Georgia Pope
Roy E. Oliver
Davis
Oller
Whitewright Warehouse
Bayer
Ing
Hermer’s
Max Hermer
Bonham Texas
Deon Theatre
Clara Kimball Young
Sennett
Dorothy Phillips
Anna Q. Nilsson In
Yukon
Great Northwest
Sun and
Dallas News
W. J. Looney
Telephone Building
Whitewright
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